Bert Newton

No one is quite like Sam but you might also like: New, new atheists: Steven Woodford (Rationality Rules) Alex O'Connor (CosmicSkeptic) Political/Socia...

There are so many theories but no evidence so far as to how consciousness functions. No doubt there is a connection between the brain and consciousnes...

The early gnostics believed Yahweh, the god of the old testament, was evil. Yes, by all measures of morality and goodness today the three middle-easte...

I don't know but I would got to neuroscientists first for an answer and they unanimously agree they can't pinpoint the conscious experience in the bra...

Prove it. Couldn't a sufficiently advanced robot be programmed to do what we do without consciousness? I think you are conflating consciousness with c...

We don't know. That's the short answer. I like David Chalmers arguments for pansychism. Quite a few neuroscientists do to.

Isn't the moral conduct of everyday life and what goes on in the highest supreme court based on the same basic premise of wellbeing though? Isn't the ...

Because we value wellbeing, which we might be wrong or right about. Why take pain relief medicine to relieve a headache instead of placing crystals on...

Why ought you do anything? All oughts can be reduced to the belief they will lead to wellbeing. There are better and worse ways to be. We ought to fin...

Correct. Well, I'm saying it is a conflict of moral interests in the case of the boatmen and why the case is so subjective. The orphan's rights as an ...

I believe I am both. I made a post about it.

Thank you all for answering my initial question and apologies for derailing the thread. If you want to discuss this idea further I made a new post: ht...

I'm going to make a new thread very soon, just writing it all up now. In it I will outlay a new way of looking at morality, similar to what has been d...

So why ought you take medicine when you are sick?

Ah yes, 3 minutes into the video and Cuck Philosophy brings up Hume's Law. In defence of Harris I do believe he has a compelling argument against this...

1) You can't help but act on what you believe will give you the most pleasure (axiomatic ought) 2) You may be right or wrong about that belief 3) What...

Oh, be prepared, he has since changed his mind on that and is now in more agreement with Harris, as you will see. It's irrelevant. Our behaviour is re...

I think you have misunderstood me somewhat. I haven't explained it too well because we're straying off topic (my fault) and I didn't mean this thread ...

Exactly. We might be wrong about what gives us the most pleasure. As per your example of a child. A child may steel another child's lollypop because o...

If the person believed there was any sort of pleasure to be had in the future they wouldn't commit suicide. This is the role of serotonin in the brain...

I think the desire for suicide is still pleasure - it's more pleasurable to end it than to continue suffering into the future.

So is grueling physical exercise, studying hard for an exam, or throwing yourself on a grenade to save your fellow soldiers, but all actions are done ...

When the desire to smoke a cigarette arises their mind convinces them that this will give them the most pleasure. It is the crux of giving up, your mi...

Can you give me an example of an altruistic action or deferred gratification action, or any action at all for that matter that isn't predicated on the...

Thanks, I'll check them out. I just came up with this, it's not perfect as yet but I think it's a good start to my thinking: 1) Human beings have no c...

Thanks, I love your thinking. Your question: "what is it about a moral claim that makes it different to any other?" is bang on the money. I found this...

Thanks. I'll check it out.